List of Second Boer War weapons
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This is a list of weapons used during the Second Boer War.
Small arms
Rifles
Handguns
- Webley Revolver
- Enfield revolver
- Colt New Service (used by Canadian officers)[2]
Machine guns
Artillery
Boers
Small arms
Rifles
- Mauser Model 1871[6]
- Mauser Model 1893[7]
- Mauser Model 1895 (also known as the "Boer Model" Mauser)[8]
- Krag–Jørgensen[9]
- Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk I (captured)[6]
- Lee–Metford (captured)[6]
- Martini–Henry[10]
Handguns
Artillery
References
- ↑ "The Lee-Enfield .303 Mk. I Rifle". Canadian War Museum. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- ↑ "The Colt .455 New Service Model Revolver". Canadian War Museum. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- ↑ "The Maxim .303 Machine Gun". Canadian War Museum. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- ↑ "The Colt Model 1895 Machine Gun". Canadian War Museum. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- ↑ Hall 1971. sfn error: no target: CITEREFHall1971 (help)
- 1 2 3 "The Guns of the Boer Commandos". American Rifleman. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- ↑ Walter 2006, p. 308–310. sfn error: no target: CITEREFWalter2006 (help)
- ↑ "The Model 1893/95 "Boer Model" Mauser". Shooting Times. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- ↑ B.M. Berkovitch (December 1976). "The Krag-Jorgensen Rifle of the Anglo-Boer War". The South African Military History Society. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
- ↑ Davitt 1902, p. 66.
- ↑ "Military & police handgun cartridges of South Africa. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ↑ "7.7cm Feldkanone 96 NA MOD 1896". The Royal Canadian Artillery Museum. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
Bibliography
- Davitt, M. (1902). The Boer Fight for Freedom. Funk & Wagnalls. p. 66.
- Walter, John (2006). Rifles of the World. Iola: Krause Publications. ISBN 9780896892415.
- Major Darrell Hall, "Guns in South Africa 1899–1902 Part III and IV" The South African Military History Society Military History Journal – Vol 2 No 2, December 1971
